TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Among the entities, try to find the best entity that is most likely to fill in "_" and classify the answers based on options.
PROBLEM: (CNN) -- News of Angelina Jolie's decision to undergo a prophylactic double mastectomy has instantly increased awareness of hereditary forms of cancer caused by mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. While the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes were discovered in the mid-1990s, genetic testing for the genes is increasingly available. Jolie's case highlights the importance of knowing one's family history and learning one's cancer risks in order to address them proactively. Everyone has the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. We have two copies of each gene and get one each from our mother and father. They play a role in protecting the body against the development of cancer.Everyone has BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes; a mutation can show increased cancer riskNot everyone needs to be tested for the gene mutationGenetic counselors and other providers can help determine whether to test and when 
 Questions:A positive _ result gives a woman a 60% to 80% lifetime risk of breast cancer and a 30% to 45% lifetime risk of ovarian cancer. (A) CNN (B) Angelina Jolie (C) BRCA1 (D) BRCA2 (E) Jolie

SOLUTION: (C)

PROBLEM: (CNN) The images from Aleppo, Idlib and Syria's border with Turkey can be described in one word: despair. Tens of thousands of people have fled the relentless bombing and shelling that has paved the way for dramatic battlefield gains by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad and its allies. Hundreds of thousands more remain trapped, awaiting their fate with trepidation. In the space of a few weeks, the Syrian battlefield has been transformed, the balance of forces pulverized and the prospects for peace talks -- already dark -- virtually extinguished. Another tide of displaced civilians converge on the Turkish border, trapped by the advance of regime forces.In the space of a few weeks, the Syrian battlefield has been transformedThe Assad regime has severed the main road from Aleppo to the Turkish borderA defining battle for Aleppo, Syria's largest city before the war, seems imminent 
 Questions:_ -- which already has 2.5 million Syrian refugees on its soil -- says it is close to capacity. (A) Aleppo (B) Idlib (C) Syria (D) Turkey (E) Bashar al (F) Assad (G) Syrian

SOLUTION: (D)

PROBLEM: (CNN) -- The midterm elections are less than three weeks away, but by several measures, Democrats have already won. Sure, elections are about the race to the top between competing candidates, but they're also a barometer on long-term trends, issues and party trajectories. While the winners of this season's sprints have yet to be determined, Democrats look well-positioned for the lengthier political marathon. How? 1. There's still a contest for the Senate Historically, the party in the White House tends to lose seats in Congress during midterm elections. The second midterm election of a two-term president -- as this election is for President Barack Obama -- is usually brutal. Only six times since the Civil War has a president come close to gaining seats in both chambers in a sixth-year election.Sally Kohn: Midterm elections are also a gauge for trends and party trajectoriesKohn: By that measure, Democrats have won on issues and policies that matter to the publicShe says GOP's war on women have turned off voters; some Republicans act desperateKohn: Democrats will likely prevail in elections down the road, which is the ultimate victory 
 Questions:Mind you, it's deeply disturbing that _ have used the fig leaf of voter fraud to justify disenfranchising countless legitimate voters to serve their partisan ends. (A) CNN (B) Democrats (C) Senate (D) White House (E) Congress (F) Barack Obama (G) Civil War (H) Sally Kohn (I) Kohn (J) GOP

SOLUTION:
(J)

